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WHICH WAY TO UKRAINA?

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Mathematics Of Chaos

A challenge worthy of several generations serious study is thrown down in the letter writ ten by Dr. Einstein to people of the year 6939 A.D., and to be "posted" in the New York World's Fair "Time Capsule", not to be opened until 5,000 years from now.

When the time comes, people will hear from the pen of one of our greatest contemporary natur- al scientists, that though this Because of the speed with age is rich in inventive genius, which German foreign policy has possessing the power to relieve developed in recent months, Hit-humanity from tiring muscular ler's attitude toward Ukraina has work, having the ability to fly or already become a subject of wide-to converse with the entire world spread attention. Many believe in the course of a few moments that the Ukraine is marked the production and distribu- "next" on the Third Reich's pro- tion of commodities is entirely gramme for expansion:

unorganised so that everybody

Some of the steps taken to ab-must live in fear of being elim- sorb the Sudetenland must, how-inated from the economic cycle. Furthermore, people living ever, be ruled out. Between Ger- many and the Ukraine lies not in different countries ftill each nly Czechoslovakian territory other at irregular intervals." which, under German economic The other day the Internation- and political domination need al Congress of Merchanical En- Prof. Norbert not be an important barrier gineers heard but also Polish and Rumanian Weiner solve some mathematical land. Possibly neither of these problems engineers had given up countries would feel able to pre as hopeless, problems of turbu- vent German economic penetralence among the elements in- tion from passing through it to volving physical forces best des- utter confusion or ward Ukraina. But so long as the cribed as Ukraine remains a part of Rus- chaos. sía, German influence there is likely to be restricted.

And if natural science can find mathematical solutions for chaos There are alternative solutions: then perhaps it is not too much a "deal" between Germany and to hope that some day economics Russia, or separation of the Uk and international relations can raine from Russia. The first is a equal the accomplishment of na- remote possibility; a Russo-Ger-tural science. That Dr. Einstein man alliance has been a diploma- believes there is reason to fore- tic bogey in Franco-British cal-see order brought out of chaos culations for many a year. But in human relations is apparent if the second alternative be- in the concluding line, almost a comes the only choice, the Third P. S. in his letter "I trust that Reich's amazing methods of posterity will read these state- bloodless conquest will face aments with a feeling of proud task more delicate than any yet and justified superiority." undertaken by Herr Hitler.

Separation of the Ukraine Under The Green from Russia would require in-

tensification of racial feeling Roof-Tree

among the Ukrainians, whỏ do

not now consider themselves

In a recent competition in Bri-

strictly Russian. In the Soviet tain to discover "the perfect Union they enjoy a measure of week-end cottage," the design self-government (autonomy) in

How pleasant if it were

an

used

theory. Presumably the sense of that won first prize had a grass one learns, grievance against central author roof. The grass,

serves to keep the roof at ity which is nearly always pre- even temperature. In the coun- sent in some degree among par- try it has, of course, the advan- tially self-governing .states might be inflamed by propaganda tage of being in perfect harmony with its surroundings; but per- to a point where the Ukrainians haps equally happy results might would demand independence! follow its introduction to the

Berlin could then support such town. demands. The making of them effective would, however, 'be' an- other matter. Russia would not on gables there, instead of only lightly let go an area which sup-occasionally on flat roof gar plies it with much of its wheat, dens, and so were to make the about three-quarters of its pre-present wilderness of slates and sent coal production, one-half its tiles blossom into grassy alps iron ore

and steel, three-quar-that would be visible to ters of its sugar and almost all people in the streets, and rival its manganese. And in addition that wonder of the ancient world, to Russian resistance Berlin the hanging gardens of Babylon. must face the displeasure of Po- How pleasant, too, is the idea of land and Rumania. They would the outdoor fireplace, which, be not welcome on their borders a side, prolonging enjoyment of state which would attract to it the garden into chillier days, would produce something of the their Ukrainian minorities.

the

A touchy business, which atmosphere of a camp. would result in strains within the With a few more of such inno- newly enlarged German diploma-vations added to “it, the city in tic orbit as well as new alarms the future might well combine without. The denouement may so many pastoral amenities with turn on the success of a method those peculiar to itself, that the which already has added Austria most reluctant town-dweller, and the Sudetenland to Germán though he cease not his babble territory and brought practical- of green fields, might find a ly all central Europe under Ger- great measure of contentment un- man influence. Or it may await der the green roof-